Take the last frame to Clarksville … for the first time in over three decades, film has returned to the corner of Franklin and First! Sponsored by Planters Bank, with additional support provided by the Clarksville-Montgomery County Arts & Heritage Development Council, this film series features vintage flicks and modern classics, presented on Sunday afternoons in our 169-seat auditorium.

Admission is $5 (cash or check only). Tickets for each film go on sale one week prior to the showing and are available at the box office between 9:00am and 2:00pm, Monday through Friday. Any remaining tickets are available at the door one hour prior to showtime. Popcorn, assorted candy and bottled water are available as concessions.

Babes in Toyland

 

Mary Contrary (Annette Funicello) is set to marry Tom Piper (Tommy Sands) when he is kidnapped by two goons working for the evil Barnaby (Ray Bolger), who wants to marry Mary for her inheritance. Instead of killing Tom as instructed, the pair sell him to Gypsies, which allows Tom to rescue Mary. Soon afterward, Tom and Mary encounter the odd Toymaker (Ed Wynn), who becomes a pawn in Barnaby’s new scheme.

2pm November 25

 

Rating: G

Running time: 106 minutes

Release year: 1961

Director: Jack Donohue

Cast: Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn, Henry Calvin

The Polar Express

 

A doubting 8-year-old boy is whisked to the North Pole on a magical train for a meeting with Santa. Meanwhile, the train’s conductor, along with the other young passengers, help turn the boy’s crisis in faith into a wondrous journey of self-discovery.

2pm December 2

 

Rating: G

Running time: 100 minutes

Release year: 2004

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Cast: Tom Hanks, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Leslie Zemeckis, Michael Jeter

Disney’s A Christmas Carol

 

Jim Carrey stars as Ebenezer Scrooge (and also plays the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future) in this adaptation of Dickens’ classic holiday tale about the value of generosity and the true meaning of Christmas.

6pm December 9

 

Rating: PG

Running time: 96 minutes

Release year: 2009

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Cast: Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Leslie Zemeckis

It’s a Wonderful Life

 

In Frank Capra’s classic holiday comedy/drama, an angel (Henry Travers) helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman, George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart), by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.

2pm December 16

 

Rating: PG

Running time: 129 minutes

Release year: 1946

Director: Frank Capra